This is a review of a split album between the United Kingdom's Perpetua and Turkey's Unhappy called "Bleak And Dark Days" which was self released in 2013 and we will start off the review with Perpetua a 1 man band that plays a very depressive form of black metal.
"Into Darkness, I Fall" which is also the first song on his side of the split opens up with depressive black metal guitar riffs and programmed beats which also leads to grim screams which also leads up to a small amount of guitar leads.
"Isolation And Sadness" begins with drum programming along with some melodic, depressive guitar riffing as well as some drum beats which also leads up to the grim high pitched screams along with a small amount of deep demonic growls and as the song moves on guitar leads are added into the song for awhile before returning to a more normal direction.
"The Flood" which is also the last song on his side of the split begins with slow black metal guitar riffs, programmed beats and grim screams and towards the end the drum beats speed up a bit.
Song lyrics cover dark and depressive themes, while the production has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Perpetua are a very great sounding depressive black metal project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Isolation And Sadness". RECOMMENDED.
Next up is another recording from Unhappy which is in the depressive black metal direction.
"Majestic Black Sky, Mercy On Us" which is also the first song on his side of the split opens up with distorted and slow black metal guitar riffs along with some programmed drums and grim screams and the song sticks to a depressive black metal direction.
"Night Of the Demons" begins with dark guitar riffs, programmed drum beats and grim sounding depressive black metal screams and a few seconds later it goes into a faster direction for a few seconds before slowing down again.
"Olum" opens up with depressive black metal guitar riffs, drum beats and grim screams and the song uses the same riff from the beginning to end and sticks to a slow direction throughout the song.
"Crawling In The Dark" which is also the last song on the album opens up with grim black metal screams before adding in depressive guitar riffs and distorted effects along with some programmed drum beats and after awhile the music slows down a bit.
Song lyrics cover depressive themes, while the production has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Unhappy and if you are a fan of depressive black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Majestic Black Sky, Mercy On Us" and "Crawling In The Dark". RECOMMENDED.
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and if you are a fan of depressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED BUY.
https://unhappy1.bandcamp.com/
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